One of my strangest things was not a find per say... Lance and I were walking Caruthers on 277. It was a standard Weekend night. However it was past 11 and the traffic was starting to slow down. I was walking the west side. No cars were around. All of a sudden I heard a noise behind me and to my surprise I saw a guy walking about 20 feet from me. I jumped around to a more defensive stance and had my light and snake hook pointed at him. He freaked out and says "WHOA DUDE!!!!!". I said "Dude, don't sneak up on someone in the middle of nowhere".

He was like, are you guys agents or border patrol. I said "no, we are out here researching snakes". He then explains that his friends played a prank and dropped him off in the middle of nowhere. He wasn't an illegal that I could tell, blonde, short hair, standard English. He asks if we could drive him to Sonora and I said no, can't do it. But we did give him some Water since he looked like he needed it. He later found a ride with a passing 18 wheeler.



Moral of the story, be on your guard. You can listen to your ipods and headphones while you walk, but you do so at your own risk.



Steven Owens

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